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Antroscopy: current practice—a survey of UK otolaryngologists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

E. W. Fisher  and
C. B. Croft
E. W. Fisher*
Affiliation:
London
C. B. Croft
Affiliation:
London
*
E. W. Fisher, M.A., F.R.C.S.Ed, The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8DA.
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Abstract

The use of antroscopy by otolaryngologists in the UK was assessed by means of a postal questionnaire. A response of 70 per cent was obtained. Thirty-three per cent of otolaryngologists currently perform antroscopy; the principal reason for not using the technique being lack of suitable equipment. Twenty-four per cent of non-users believed that antroscopy would not alter their management of patients, and 19 per cent of all responders thought that antroscopy had no proven clinical role. Few surgeons recognized a role for antroscopy in the treatment of antral disease.

Antroscopists preferred to operate on in-patients (73 per cent), under a general anaesthetic (60 per cent) and via the inferior meatus (66 per cent); 76 per cent consider that morbidity is insignificant.

There is clearly a need for studies clarifying the role of antroscopy in clinical practice and to establish the cost-effectiveness of the technique.

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 8 , August 1989 , pp. 747 - 749
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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